LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES? VALENTINE?S DAY GIFTS NOW AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS

Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, has introduced its Valentine's Day line of retail products, arriving on retail store shelves now and also available at www.lakechamplainchocolates.com.
Made in small batches from Belgian chocolate and the finest all-natural ingredients, Lake Champlain Chocolates are carefully crafted by chocolatiers who are fanatical about creating chocolates with the honest individuality, charm, quality, and freshness which are synonymous with the spirit of Vermont.
Maintaining its tradition of award-winning packaging designed by a Vermont artist, LCC again brings customers one-of-a-kind chocolate gifts for Valentine's Day."Chocolate is always an impulse purchase, but even more so at Valentine's Day," said Allyson Brown, Director of Sales.
"With men buying most of the gifts, it's always last minute, and price is often no object in their efforts to impress."
The "Be Mine" Basket is filled with gift boxes of truffles, hearts, and squares ? over 50 chocolates in a keepsake basket handwoven from New England ash.
The Big Box of Truffles features thirty of the coveted indulgences nestled in a gift box tied with ribbon (available all dark chocolate, all milk chocolate, and assorted milk & dark chocolate).Heart Shaped BoxesThe Double Deluxe Assortment is twenty sumptuous chocolates in two stacked trays, including raspberry creams, Cherry & 3-Nut Small World Sensations?, caramel hearts, and chocolate hearts, all in a keepsake heart-shaped box tied with red ribbon.

Twenty-two delicious gourmet chocolates are in the Grand Heart Assortment, including milk and dark chocolate truffles and hazelnut pralines.
The Petite Heart Truffles box is filled with eight chocolate truffles.Five hand-decorated truffles fill the Valentine Truffles box, with flavors including Champagne, Amaretto Praline, Vanilla Malt, Legendary Dark, and White Raspberry.
The Hearts Gift Box is a clear cube tied with red ribbon and filled with more than 25 milk, dark, and dark mint crunch chocolate hearts wrapped in gold, red, and fuchsia foil.
Additional products include Square Medallions and Non-pareils.Lake Champlain Chocolates, celebrating their 20th anniversary, offers sweet indulgences that capture the essence of Vermont, the tradition of making fine chocolate, and the pride that goes into each bite.
Preservative-free and Kosher-certified, Lake Champlain Chocolates are crafted in small batches from the finest quality Belgian chocolate and select natural ingredients including local Vermont cream, sweet butter, maple syrup, honey, fruits, nuts, and other natural flavors.

Lake Champlain Chocolates are available online at www.lakechamplainchocolates.com, toll-free at 1-800-465-5909, as corporate gifts & wedding favors, and nationwide at specialty food & gift stores and upscale hotels & inns.Please call or e-mail for photographs..


The Key To Shopping Online For Flowers

Sending flowers or gifts to any global destination has never been so easy. The birth of the Internet and its many online floral businesses has seen the emergence and rise of fresh flower delivery internationally. Depending on your location, flowers can be reliably and efficiently delivered to your door in a matter of days. Many online florists claim to be the best in the business, however can they all be trusted?

There have been many stories of floral business not living up to acceptable international standards. Flowers have been poorly handled and delivered, customers have in some instances been overcharged, and some orders have never been fulfilled.

So how do you know which online florist to choose and trust for superior product quality and top delivery efficiency?

Having conducted surveys and market research on a large number of online florists in the past, a short list has been made so that you know what to look for when it comes to purchasing...

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Farmer and Flying Cows Pitch in for Santa and His Reindeer in Charming Christmas Tale

Lakeville, MN (ContentDesk) November 16, 2005 -- Six years before anyone ever heard of Santa Cows and 10 years before Tim Allen became a substitute Santa Clause in the movies, there was a little self-published book by a Minnesota author about a kindly old farmer and his 12 cows who had to deliver the Christmas gifts for Santa and his reindeer one eve.That book, Mr. Gonopolis And His 12 Holsteins  A Christmas Story is back in a 20th anniversary edition with all new full-color illustrations by its original author and artist, Uncle Hyggly. The book, and an audio CD version, are available at the authors Web site at http://www.woundedcoot.com or through http://www.Amazon.com.A simple Christmas giftThe story started as a simple homemade Christmas gift for Hygglys six nephews and nieces. He always teased them that Santa isnt coming this year -- hes got a cold and is sending...

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Gifts In Flight

A Houston based Internet gift shop, www.theeternalgift.com, is offering an unbelievable incentive to broaden their customer base.
Believe it or not, they are giving away two free flights from anywhere in the U.S. to just about anywhere in the world for purchases of just seventy dollars or more.
We feel we have a variety of excellent products from around the globe, exceeding 3,500 to be more precise.
Our problem has not been keeping our customers, but finding them.

We knew once they purchased from our site with our extensive product line, customer service and monthly promotions we would have customers for life, comments Daniel Beasley President of www.theeternalgift.com.
When asked how long the free flights would last and Mr. Beasley told us as long as the icon on...

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Diwali Diyas

Diwali Diyas:

Diwali Diya is a small earthen lamp that is lit especially at Indian Festival Of Lights Diwali. They are usually made of clay. Ghee or oil is used as the fuel and cotton wool as the wick. Though in these days electric lights are replacing earthen Diyas, still the charm of traditional Diwali Hindu Lamps is there. These Diwali diyas are used for offering prayers to Gods and the deceased ancestors, are floated on leaves over the holy rivers like the Ganges at Haridwar.They have long been linked with Diwali tradition and are today the most integral of all the Diwali decorations.

Tradition Of Diwali Diyas:

It is said that when Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile, the people were overjoyed to see him along with Sita and Lakshman.

Since it was a no moon night, people lit up candles and diyas along Lord Rama's path. Once he reached his abode, there was also a dazzling display of fireworks. Everybody sang, and...

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